For Our Most Frequent Flyers: Upgrade Points

Easier usage, greater convenience: Upgrade Points!
We are pleaded to offer Upgrade Points to our Top-Tier members for use on both international and domestic flights.

The more you fly, the more Upgrade Points you get.
You can decide to use Upgrade Points for Domestic flights or International flights by yourself!
You can make reservations for International flights through the JAL website.

About Upgrade Points

After the achievement of your FLY ON status, every time you earn an additional 10,000 FLY ON Points in the previous year, we will add 2 Upgrade Points to your account. (For JMB SAPPHIRE and JMB CRYSTAL member, 2 Upgrade Points will be added every 10,000 FLY ON Points or 10 flights in the previous year.)

Standard Points Additional Points
DIAMOND

JMB DIAMOND

Upgrade Point: 40 Points

Every time you earn an additional 
10,000 FLY ON Points or board
an additional 10 flights, we will 
add 2 Upgrade Points to your account.
JGC PREMIER

JGC PREMIER

Upgrade Point: 30 Points

SAPPHIRE

SAPPHIRE

Upgrade Point: 20 Points

CRYSTAL

CRYSTAL

Upgrade Point: 10 Points

Plus

Upgrade Points expire on March 31st of the following year(onboard basis).

Required points for Upgrade

Required points for Upgrade are different depending on the route and the boarding class.
*2points are required for each domestic sector.

Required points (per sector)

Routes Before upgrade After upgrade Required points
JAL Domestic Routes Within Japan
Regular Seat

Class J
2Points

JAL International Routes A

North America, South America, Europe
( including New York - Sao Paulo and
Vancouver - Mexico City routes)
Executive Class

First Class
12Points
Economy Class

Executive Class
8Points

JAL International Routes B

Hawaii, Guam, Asia, China, Korea, Oceania
( including Singapore - Kuala Lumpur routes)
Executive Class

First Class
6Points
Economy Class

Executive Class
5Points

Upgrade to First class on domestic routes or Premium Economy on international routes is not applicable.
Upgrade from Premium Economy to Executive class is applicable for international routes.
The sector between Kona - Honolulu is not acceptable.

How to use Upgrade Points

For international flights, the next higher class of service would be applicable.
For Japan domestic flights, "class J" shall be booked after Upgrade Points are exchanged for Class J-e Coupons in advance.

For more details for International reservations, click here. For more details for Domestic reservations, click here.

Checking Upgrade Points Balance

Your Upgrade Point and Class J-e Coupon balances can be checked after logging into your account.
Please click on "Upgrade Point / Class J-e Coupon Menu" after you login.